Doherty, 22, has recorded three goals, five assists and 85 penalty minutes in 37 games for the Worcester Sharks (@WorcesterSharks) this season, and has set career highs in goals and penalty minutes already in 2013-14. In 143 career AHL games with Worcester he has collected 24 points (4-20=24) and 228 penalty minutes.

The six-foot-seven, 235-pound native of Cambridge, Ontario, was selected by San Jose in the second round (57th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.